Myth 8: Too Hungry to fight for their rights

Reality: Bombarded with images of poor people as weak and hungry, we lose sight of the obvious: for those with few resources, mere survival requires tremendous effort.

People will feed themselves, if allowed to do so. It is the rich world's responsibility is to remove the obstacles in their paths, obstacles often created by government, large corporations, the World Bank and IMF policies.

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Additional Resources

What We Do - Gorta

Hunger Task Force - Irish Aid

World Hunger - WFP

Special programme for food security - FAO

World Hunger Facts 2009 - Hunger Notes

World Hunger and Poverty - Global Issues

Hunger Fact File - DevelopmentEducation.ie

Food Crisis - World Bank

Millennium Development Goals - United Nations